Carpet-sweeper.



No 756,042. PATENTBD' MAR. 29, 1904..

E. c. MURDIOK.

CARPET SWEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29.1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 2'1 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EVERETT O. MURDIOK, OF MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO PHILIP MAT- TER ANDBENJAMIN F. BURK, OOPARTNERS DOING BUSINESS AS NA- TIONAL SWEEPERCOMPANY, OF MARION, INDIANA.

CARPET-SWEEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 756,042, dated March29, 1904.

Application filed June 29, 1903. Serial No. 163,497. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EVERETT O. MURDICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marion, in the county of Grant and State of In- 5 diana,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Carpet-Sweepers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to carpet-sweepers, and

' has, for its object to provide simple and convenient means fordetaching the brush from the end bands. To do this eifectually, it ishighly desirable that there should be no projecting parts to injure thefurniture or woodwork of the room in which the carpet-sweeper I5 isused.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figurel is an end view of a sweeper with one form of my invention attached.Fig. 2 is a 2 horizontal section, and Fig. 3 is a detail, of amodification. Fig. 4 is an end view of a further modification.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

A A are the sweeperwheels, and B the brush, and O the case.

D is the end band, which may or may not be continued around the case.Ordinarily the axes of the wheels and the brush lie in the 3 same planeas this band. The band is preferably made of metal more or less elasticand is provided with an inwardly-projecting pin on which the brushrotates, receiving the same in a socket at its end. Obviously it wouldbe diflicult with such a construction to get the brush out, for themetal band, though elastic, is not sufficiently so to permit the easyremoval of the brush. E is such a pin rigidly attached to thespring-piece F, which 4 is secured by the two rivets G Or to the metalband D. This metal band is perforated at J to let the pin pass through.The springpiece F lies snug against the band D, and the two rivets G Gprevent it from getting out of position. The band D may be cut away, asindicated by dotted lines at K K, or the springpiece F may be wider thanthe band throughout its length or at some particular point, as indicatedat L L. In either case it is possible to grasp the free end of thespring-piece F and pull it outwardly, thus drawing the pin out of thesocket in the end of the brush and freeing the brush. v

In the modified form of the device shown in Fig. 4:, M is a relativelylong spring-piece slotted at N N and held to the band D by thescrew-heads O 0. It also carries the pin E. It should in like manner berelatively wider than the band D, so that it can be grasped and sprungoutwardly in the middleto free the pin.

I do not wish, of course, to be limited to the precise forms, shapes,and proportions shown, as my drawings are intended simply to presentviews of one general form of my invention.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: In any of theconstructions shown it is only necessary when the brush is to beinserted or removed to pull outwardly the spring-piece F, whereupon thepin E is carried with it and is thus freed from the brush or retractedto a position which permits the brush to be inserted. When thespring-piece F is released, the pin E is restored to its originalposition and the parts are supported in 0perative relation.

I claim 1. In a carpet-sweeper,'the combination of a case with an endband, a brush with an end socket and a flat spring-piece lying along theend band, carrying a pin to be received into such socket, saidspring-piece being free at one end.

2, In a carpet-sweeper, the combination of a case with an end band, abrush with an end socket and a flat spring-piece lying along the endband and carrying a pin to be received in said socket, said spring-piecebeing wider than the-band at some point.

EVERETT C. MURDIOK.

Witnesses:

WALTER D. HoDsoN, RUBY G. EASTMAN.

